Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Comparative adjective marking

Values

Adjective is not marked

Example 41-9:
isti ingrees miziiɲa dika isti fɛɛvrispa malvaarsu miziiɲa mee boom falaatu takombersaa
isti
this
[ingrees
[English
miziiɲa
medicine
dika
than
isti
this
fɛɛvri-s-pa
fever-pl-dat
malvaar-su
Tamil-gen
miziiɲa
medicine
mee
foc
boom
good
falaa-tu]
quot-pfv]
ta-kombersaa
prs-talk
They say that for fevers, Tamil medicine (Ayurvedic medicine) is better than English (Western) medicine.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5345

Example 41-72:
noospa dika graandi jeentis fɔɔra naanda say
noos-pa
1pl-acc
dika
than
graandi
big
jeentis
people
fɔɔra
outside
naanda
neg.fut
say
go.out
People older than us won't get out.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5250

Example 41-73:
kalmunay dika trinkumaal lɔɔnji
kalmunay
Kalmunai
dika
than
trinkumaal
Trincomalee
lɔɔnji
far
Trincomalee is further than Kalmunai.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 1006

Confidence:
Very certain